Alex Wodak

Dr Alex Wodak AM was Director of the Alcohol and Drug Service, St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney (1982-2012) but is now an Emeritus Consultant. Dr. Wodak is President of the Australian Drug Law Reform Foundation, and a Director of Australia21 and was President of the International Harm Reduction Association (1996-2004). He helped establish the first needle syringe programme and the first medically supervised injecting centre in Australia (when both were pre-legal) and often works in developing countries on HIV control among injecting drug users.

Experience

1982–2012

Emeritus Consultant, Alcohol and Drug Service, St Vincent's Hospital

Education

1970

University of Melbourne, MBBS, Honours in Medicine, Surgery, and Pathology